The enemy is always in the mind.

"I could give you my word as a Spaniard," Inigo said. "No good," the man in black replied. "I've known too many Spaniards."

One of the easiest things in the world is not to write... If it were easy, everyone would do it.

Anybody that says different is selling something.

While he was watching the ships, Buttercup shoved him with all her strength remaining. [...] Down went the man in black. [...] "You can die too for all I care," she said, and then she turned away. Words followed her. Whispered from far, weak and warm and familiar. "As...you...wish..."

You have to protect your writing time. You have to protect it to the death.

The enemy is always in the mind.